Awards Countdown - Golden Globes - Slumdog has its day

Kate Winslet scored a stunning double triumph at the 66th Golden Globes last Sunday, while Slumdog Millionaire upset the form guide to shut out pre-show favourites The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Frost/Nixon.

Winslet made herself an Oscar front runner after taking home the first two Globes of her career for best actress in a drama for DreamWorks/Paramount's Revolutionary Road and supporting actress for The Weinstein Company's The Reader. She had previously been nominated five times.

Slumdog Millionaire won best drama, director for Danny Boyle, screenplay for Simon Beaufoy and score for AR Rahman. It was an extraordinary success for the Film4 and Celador Films production, which is released in North America through Fox Searchlight.

Neither The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, released in North America through Paramount and by Warner Bros internationally, nor Universal's Frost/Nixon,managed to translate any of their five nominations into a win.

The Weinstein Company's Vicky Cristina Barcelona won best musical or comedy, and in another win for UK talent, Sally Hawkins was named best actress in a musical or comedy for Miramax's Happy-Go-Lucky.

Mickey Rourke drew raucous applause when he won best dramatic actor for Fox Searchlight's The Wrestler and Colin Farrell took top musical or comedy acting honours for Focus Features' In Bruges.

The late Heath Ledger was named best supporting actor for Warner Bros' The Dark Knight.

Sony Pictures Classics' Waltz With Bashir won best foreign-language film and Buena Vista's Wall-E took the animated feature prize.

FULL LIST OF GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS 2008

Best motion picture - drama Slumdog Millionaire

Best motion picture - musical or comedy

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best director - motion picture Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - drama Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture - drama Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - musical or comedy Colin Farrell, In Bruges

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture - musical or comedy Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best foreign-language film Waltz With Bashir

Best animated feature film Wall-E

Best screenplay - motion picture Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Best original song - motion picture The Wrestler from The Wrestler

Best original score - motion picture AR Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

Best television series - drama Mad Men

Best television series - musical or comedy 30 Rock

Best mini-series or motion picture made for television John Adams

Best performance by an actor in a television series - drama Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment

Best performance by an actor in a television series - musical or comedy Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Best performance by an actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television Paul Giamatti, John Adams

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, mini-series or motion picture made for television Tom Wilkinson, John Adams

Best performance by an actress in a television series - drama Anna Paquin, True Blood

Best performance by an actress in a television series - musical or comedy Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television Laura Linney, John Adams

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, mini-series or motion picture made for television Laura Dern, Recount

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